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Coastal areas of Bangladesh & it’s resources

I hear from many people saying that Bangladesh is a
very poor country because it doesn’t have enough natural resources like oil,
coal, natural gas, gold mine, diamond etc. As we don’t have enough or
sufficient oil in our country; we have to buy it from the other countries. So,
many people regret that we are not counted in the petrodollar earning
countries. I say there is nothing to regret about petrodollar, because we have
more expensive and valuable things than oil. And one of those valuable things
is Shrimp, which is a very popular sea-food throughout the world. If we get to
know the hidden authenticity of this we can realize the value of Shrimp. Today
international price of 1 litre refined petrol is 1.2 US$ which is nearly 100
taka in Bangladeshi currency. But 1 kg of raw Shrimps cost 800 taka which is
nearly 10 US$. So we can easily realize that without being processed only the
raw Shrimps are 10 times more expensive than the refined oil. So, why we regret
for petrodollar? We should be proud of our shrimp dollar. Because in today’s
market every year we can sell nearly 1 lakh 50 thousands metric tons of Shrimp
to other countries. And we can earn more than 1.5 billion US$ every year by
selling processed Shrimps.

In the
coastal areas like Cox’s Bazar, Teknaf, Kutubdia, Bhola, Patuakhali, Barguna
etc we can grow shrimps very easily. Because the weather and condition of water
& soil in these places are very suitable for growing Shrimps. So the Govt.
along with the private sectors should come forward & take necessary steps
to promote prawn culture & earn foreign currency for our country.

Another valuable resource we have is the longest
beach of the world, which is situated in Cox’s Bazar. In Cox’s Bazar beach we
can take 3 kinds of baths. We can say them 3 S ---- which means Sea bath, Sun
bath & Sand bath. The tourists always enjoy having a bath in sea. But in
our beach we can provide 3 types of bath including the sand bath which is
becoming popular day by day. Another thing is that we can’t take sand bath in
every beach because in order to have a proper sand bath the sands should
contain the minerals & some necessary elements which are very much
available in our beach. So it's a benefit for us because sand bath is very
useful for our health as it kills the germs of our body. Sometimes it cures the
skin diseases too.

Besides the Govt. can build a particular zone in the
beach for the foreigners, where they can enter by paying a good amount of
money. The authority can arrange beach-volleyball, parachute jumping, surfing,
riding sea bikes & speed boats etc for the foreigners who love ADVENTURE. By taking these kind of
steps the Govt. can earn more than 10 million US$ in a year only in the tourism
sector. So the Govt. should think about it.

Moreover the minerals like Garnet, Rutile, Zircon,
Magnetite, Ilmenite, Thorium etc are in plenty at our beach. These minerals are
very valuable in the international market. The Rutile is used for making
aircraft body, Zircon is used for making artificial diamonds & the other
minerals are also used in various kind of useful purpose.

One more thing is that if we go through the map of
south Asia, we will see that Northeast India, Bhutan, Nepal and parts of
Southern China & Myanmar are totally landlocked. So Bangladesh is seen as crucial to the economic
development of these areas. Our port city is already very busy with the stuff
& goods of these several countries. So if we build deep sea port at Sonadia
Island. The trade & commerce of Bangladesh will go to an extent level which
will bring the prosperity for the country & it’s people.

So our fate is in our
hand, we should make the best use of our resources & go ahead with integrity
& perseverance, so that our country can prosper & go out from the
circle of poverty.

Saint Martin & Chera dip- the Island of Paradise

St Martin Island, the most
beautiful coral island with beaches fringed with coconut palms and laid-back
locals. It is possible to walk around Saint Martin in a day as it measures just
8 km. It is situated just 9 km. south of the Cox’sbazar-Tekhnaf peninsula and
formed the southernmost part of Bangladesh. It is called Narical Jinjira
(“Coconut Island” in Bengali) by the local residence and also known as
Daruchini Dip among the Bangladeshis.

It’s a totally clean and quite place
and for the travelers it is very much enjoyable for your holidays as no one
will disturb you, not even mosquitoes. November to February is the main
sightseer season with the best weather you can visit on that time to enjoy
fully.Most
things are concentrated around the far north of the island, with the center and
south being mostly farmland and makeshift huts. There is no electricity in the
island though the hotels and lodges run generator in the evening for some
hours. Rest of the time from night to till the sunrise you have to stay in dark
which makes such romantic feelings among the travelers.

Saint Martin's
Island Tourist Attractions:

·Sunrise in the east side of the
island and sun set on the west are the most charming scenario of this island.

·St. Martin island is very much rich in marine
life. However, in the southern part it hosts more species and it consists of
some mangrove forest as well.

·Village life is slow paced; mostly
work in late night or early in the morning while midday is reserved for selling
coconut and drying the cached fish.

·The southern point of the Island has a millions of years old
Rock formed from Coral. This area is called the Rock Beach and it should be
visited by foot which is extended till Dakkhinamatha (the last point of the island
in south).

·As no electricity in
night time the nights at Saint Martin Island are calm and
quiet with gentle murmurs of the coconut trees. The moonlit night on the island
provides peaceful and majestic experience.

Chera Dip:

Chera dip, one of
the popular tourist places among the local travelers, is a part of St. Martin
Island but divided during tides. One can go there by walking during low tide
and it takes only one and a half hour to reach there. In addition of that, one
can also go there by the local boats and motorboats as well. Lots of corals all
over the island and a small bush consist, which is the only green portion of
that island. Moreover this part also enhancing the beauty of Chera Dip. This
island is empty as people do not there, so travelers usually go there in the
morning and come back at evening.

How to go:

Getting to St.
Martin Island is very easy now as the transportation system is improving day by
day. Firstly, you can go Cox’sBazar by air, or bus. Lots of bus services are
available and the fair is in-between 700-900 Bd tk. Train services available to
Chittagong, then you can go from here just 3 hours bus journey to Tekhnaf.
Actually, you have to catch a bus to Tekhnaf from anywhere like Cox’sbazar or
Chittagong to go for St. Martin. From Tekhnaf ferries run daily early in the
morning and take only 3 hours to the Island. Lots of travel agencies are
available and they provide the package tours and you can also discuss with them
for more information.

Where to stay:

An accommodation in
St. Martin is limited so it is advisable to book accommodation before you plan
to go to there. Lots of hotels, motels are available but remember that visitors
will hardly get a chance to stay there if you are a sudden visitor on St.
Martin Island. Overnight stay in St. Martin is really a great experience,
feeling and listening to the shore of the sea. Moreover, if you are lucky
enough, you can have a moonlit night at this Paradise Island. The beauty of the
full moon on this Island cannot be described in words. So, you have to be there
and feel and enjoy it.

Usually, most
people visit there during November to February as mentioned earlier as the
season is the best to travel and enjoy. As the combined participation of Govt.
and private initiatives, have developed some attractive tourist facilities so
you can visit there to enjoy your holidays. Last but not least, eateries
here offer BBQ dinner with fresh marine fish or lobsters.

Mymensing-riverside silence near Dhaka

Would you like to go in
a natural green lonely place besides river near Dhaka? Besides, you want to
take refreshment from the daily hassle life but don’t have the time to stay
there for long time?

Then you should assign your first choice to roam in Mymensingh for a day
long program. Mymensing, such a beautiful small city, located besides the old
Brahmaputra River, a very old town in the history of Bangladesh, where you will
find all the refreshment ingredients in your hand. It is just about 121 Km. far
from the capital Dhaka and almost 3 hours bus or train journey. This small town
is mainly famous for the renowned Bangladesh Agriculture University and for the
natural beauty as well. University campus is so large and such a place of large
amount of natural beauties. The one of the biggest campus of BAU and consist of
the natural and beautiful scenario. Recently, BAU has inaugurated “The Fish
Museum” in the campus where you can visit there. Nevertheless very few towns
are located near river in Bangladesh and Mymensingh is one of them.From the university to main town river is
flowing besides the road and you can enjoy the whole journey if you come from
the university area. Locally, the most popular attraction of this town is the
riverside park which is just besides the Mymensingh circuit house. From there
the beautiful scenario watching the other side of that river is just awesome.
Even you can spend a whole day by just sitting besides the river through
watching the beauties. In addition of that Joynal Abedin Shilpokola Academy is
just besides the park and you can visit there and can take a glance in the
academy. This is a classic attraction of the tourist and you can take a respect
of the famous Joynal Abedin by visiting there. Not only this, you can also
visit the Rajbari of Mymensingh and teachers training college as well. You can
visit in Anandamohon College, one of the popular and renowned colleges under
National University in Bangladesh.

According to the view
of local people this city is also famous for the varieties of food among
Bangladesh. The tea stall besides the river in park is very popular among the
local people for Rong (cucumber and lemon) tea. Chotpoti and Fuska stalls are
also renowned and delicious for food in park. Lots of restaurants are also available for
lunch and dinner like Dhanshiri, Sarinda, and Rom 3 etc. Here, the Kacchi
Biriyani and Morog polau is the most popular item. Some hotels are also
available for stay night but for the purpose of roaming usually people start
early in the morning and come back in the night as it is just 3 hours journey.
From Mohakhali after every 15 minutes buses are available like Ena, Shoukhin
etc. and if you want to go there by train your first choice should be the Tista
Express early 7.00 in the morning from Komlapur rail station. Besides other
express and mail trains are also available to go for Mymensing. So, why be sited
in your house in weekend, just take a holiday and stay the whole day at
Mymensingh with more enjoy and excitement.

Lalbagh Fort, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Is
there anyone who belongs to the subcontinent does not know about the Mughal
period? I am pretty sure there is not anyone.Mughal rulers built some significant structures during there period and
Lalbagh Fort is one of them. The another name of the Fort is Fort Aurangabad.

It is an incomplete Mughal palace, situated at old Dhaka. The construction of the Fort started by Prince
Muhammad Azam in 1678 AD. After Azam Shaista Khan was the next ruler of Bengal but he did not continue the work. The daughter of
Shaista Khan named Bibi Pari(Lady Fairy) died in 1684 and she was led in the
fort. The design of the Fort was awesome. In that time it was consists of three
buildings- the mosque, the tomb of Pari bibi and the Diwan-i-Aam. The total
area of the fort is 18 acres. Now there we find several roof gardens and
fountains. There are two main gates available for the tourists. The main
attraction of the fort is the tomb of Pari bibi. The Diwan-I-Aam isis attached with a Hammam. The big water tank (71.63 m)
is situated at the front of Diwan-I-Aam. The Lalbagh Fort is now used as the
most popular tourist spot in the busy Dhaka
city. The fort is probably open for the tourists during 10 am- 6 pm.

Kuakata,Barisal, Bangladesh

Any sea
beach is an attraction to the nature lovers and tourists. In one sea beach can
u want to enjoy both sunrise and the sunset? Is it possible or imagination in
Bangladesh? Yes, it is possible, if you go to Kuakata sea beach.

Kuakata, locally known
as Sagar Kannya (Daughter of the Sea) is a rare scenic beauty spot on the
southernmost tip of Bangladesh. The Kuakata beach is 30 km long and
6 km wide as it is situated about 320 Km. far from Dhaka and 70 Km. away
from Potuakhali district headquarter. At Kuakata
excellent combination of the picturesque natural beauty, sandy beach, blue sky,
huge expanse of water of the Bay and evergreen forest in really
eye-catching. The name Kuakata have originated from Kua-Well dug on the
sea shore by the early Rakhine settlers in quest of collecting drinking water,
who landed on Kuakata coast after expelled from Arakan by Moughals. Afterwards,
it has become a tradition of digging Kua-Well in the neighborhood of Rakhaine
homestead for collection water for drinking purpose and general use. Kuakata is
one of the rarest places which have the unique beauty of offering the full view
of the rising and setting of crimson sun in the water of the Bay of Bengal in a
calm environment.

That perhaps makes Kuakata one of the world's unique beaches
which is the most attractive tourist attraction and makes a typical natural beauties. Bathing there is as pleasant as walking there. Kuakata, a totally
virgin beach, popularly known as sanctuary migratory winter birds, a series of
coconut trees, a feast for the eye. Boats playing in the Bay of Bengal with
colorful sails, fishing, towering cliffs, surfing waves include everything
touches every tourist’s soul. Not only this fisherman villages is another place
where you can go and can watch the lifestyle, tradition of the fisherman. If you are adventurous
you may also go for fishing if u can manage the local fisherman.

As the local
peoples are more supportive, so you can easily adopt with them. This will give
you such pleasure that you will never find from anywhere and you can also buy
the famous Hilsha fish. Besides the unique customs and costumes of the
'Rakhyne' tribal families and Buddhist Temple which is about hundred years old
indicate the ancient tradition and cultural heritage, where it makes Kuakata is
the place of pilgrimage of the Hindus and Buddhist communities. During
the "Rash Purnima" and "Maghi Purnima" Hindu and Buddhist
devotees arrive here for a celebration and usually local fairs are also
arranged by the local people.

There
exists road communication between capital Dhaka and Potuakhali .Direct bus
services are also available from Dhaka to Kuakata via Barisal. One can also go
by water to kuakata as well. Everyday launches starts from sadarghat launch
terminal to Patuakhali at the evening. Next mornings launches reach Patuakhali,
then bus, car are easier vehicle to come Kuakata. Lots of luxurious hotels,
motels are available and cheaper here for staying at night and don’t forget to
eat the delicious Hilsha fish, the special attraction of Kuakata.

Wari-Bateshwar, Narsingdi,Bangladesh

Wari-Bateshwar is the newly established Archaeological site
of Bangladesh.
It is situated in Wari and Bateshwar villages, Belabo Upazila, Nasingdi
district. The Pathan family mainly plays a significant rule to discover and
increases the awareness about the site among the mass people. Hanif Pathan, a
local school teacher discovers the site in 1933. Then he and his son Habibullah
Pathan have build a museum where they
stored the collection of knobbed ware, rouletted ware, flakes, stones, various
type of glasses and coins found from the site. They wrote several books and
journals about the importance of this very important Archaeological site. The
site gives the details information about the establishing the cultural,
political and economy of the whole south Asia.
The Department of Archaeology in Jahangirnagar
University provides us
the details information about the importance of the site. They has been investigating the site
since 1989 and started digging the site in 2000. However, more research needed
to know various stuffs related to this Archaeological site. Now the question
how can you explore the site? It is quite easy to visit Wari-Bateshwar from the
capital Dhaka. There are a lot of bus services
available from Mohakhali or Saydabad bus stand by which you can reach marjal
bus station, Narsingdi and it will take not more than 2.30-3.00 hours. Then you
will find some autos for going Belabo or directly to Wari-Bateshwar. The total
costing of the whole tour will be 500-1000 taka only.

Mainamati and Shalban Bihara

Comilla is a boisterous and a market
town 90km southeast of capital Dhaka. Here
Mainamati, an ancient seat of Buddhism in south Asia,
is about 8 Km. to the west of Comilla town. Everywhere you go there will be an
object of intense and friendly curiosity. It is a base for those visiting the
fascinating and extensive Buddhist ruins of Mainamati. It
is called the home of one of the most important Buddhist archaeological sites
in the region. There are a number of Buddhist sites in this region, dating
approximately from 7th to 12th centuries.

Mainamati
is named for the Chandra queen of the same name, mother of the Govindachandra.Large
number of Buddhist ancient sculptures have been discovered from its neighboring
areas other nearest archaeological sites of Ananda Vihara, Bhoj Rajar Bari,
Kotila Mura, Charpatra Mura etc. is important and tourist attracted sites.
Large full size Buddhist images were discovered from these places through
archaeological excavates.

The
centre piece of the Buddhist sites at Mainamati is the Shalban Bihara almost in
the middle of the Mainamati-Lalmai hill range insists of 115 cells, built
around a spacious courtyard with a cruciform temple in the centre, facing its
only gateway complex to the north, resembling that of the Shompur Bihara. It is
clearly a Vihara, or an educational centre with residential facilities.

Kutila
Mura is situated on a flattened hillock, about 5 km north way of Salban Vihara
inside the Comilla Cantonment is a picturesque Buddhist establishment. Here, there
are three stupas found side by side representing the Buddhist
"Trinity" or three jewels, i.e. the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha.

Charpatra
Mura is an isolated small oblong shrine situated about 2.5 Km. North-West of
kotila Mura stupas. The only approach to the shrine is from the East which
leads to a spacious hall. A number of shrines can be found here as well.

The
natural green atmosphere and beauties are available around the whole Buddhist
Bihara.So why you are wasting your time
by sitting in room, it’s just 2 hours journey from Dhaka
to Comilla. One can easily go in the morning and could return at night. There are luxurious bus and train services are
available for Comilla where lots of others tourist places are also available
near about the city, you can see altogether. For Bangladesh Railway Mohanagar
Provati, Godhuli, Upokul Express and other mail trains is available to go to
Comilla. Many remarkable restaurants are available for lunch or dinner in
Comilla town and besides the famous “Roshomalai” on desert as well. Interested
tourists may avail package tours with smart guides by Bangladesh Parjatan
Corporation to visit this historic seat of Buddhist civilization.

The Mainamati site Museum has a rich and varied collection of
copper plates, gold and silver coins and 86 bronze objects. Over 150 bronze
statues have been recovered mostly from the monastic cells,